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Great special effects
cant hide script’s
shallow characters
By Joe Leih
The Battalion
"Demolition Man"
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley
Snipes and Sandra Bullock
Directed by Marco Brambilla
Rated R
Playing at Schulman VI
Marco Brambilla, with his first film
"Demolition Man," thrusts the truly
canned "hard ball cop vs. psychotic
criminal" story line into an amazingly
original, futuristic setting.
But, the high-tech scenery and
bizarre rules of tomorrow's society that
Brambilla carefully captures, only gives
the mere appearance of a fresh new
movie.
This film is still trapped in that ma
cho, muscle bound, violent film genre of
no character development.
It is 1996, and Sylvester Stallone is
Los Angeles cop John Spartan, a rene
gade "demolition man" who snagged
his nickname for destroying vast
amounts of property while catching
criminals.
The criminal he's pursuing this time
is Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes).
And when Spartan does capture him,
Spartan is wrongfully tainted in a scan
dal, and both men are sentenced to de
tainment in frozen cylinder cells that
perfectly preserve them.
Society successfully wipes out crime
in the passing years, but in 2032,
Phoenix breaks out and the police, un
equipped to catch him, quickly thaw
Spartan for help.
David L. Snyder, the art director who
helped create the setting of the sci-fi
classic "Blade Runner," does a mar
velous job setting the scenes of the
movie. The prison system is especially
ominous and foreboding with cluttered
LAPD Sgt. John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone, left) finds diabolical killer Simon
Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) in the futuristic action-thriller "Demolition Man."
sets of dark, disturbing instruments.
And the serene, crime free environment
of the future is wonderfully depicted
with Snyder's "cookie cutter" cars and
"comic book" buildings.
Plus, the abnormal behavior of the
population of this futuristic world is
brilliantly funny. People listen to
20th century jingles as oldie tunes,
visit the only restaurant that exists
(Taco Bell) and are penalized with de
merits for cursing.
Even Sandra Bullock, who overplays
her part as the future cop (Lenina Hux
ley) longing for the excitement of the
"old days," wonderfully brings out the
hilariousness of her time with her con
stant spouting of mixed-up cliches.
Unfortunately, the humor does not
make the film. The assembled trio of
screenwriters (Daniel Waters, Robert
Reneau and Peter M. Lenkov) hardly
break with action film tradition and
offer only shallow, two-dimensional
characters.
Phoenix is, unfortunately, only an
overgrown bully, with no back
ground or personality, whose only
talent seems to be beating the crap
out of people while offering lame one
liners. And Spartan, equally devoid
of depth, is also content just to wreak
his own personal havoc.
Spartan even refuses to find his
daughter after he is thawed. Do the
screenwriters fear the viewers may
find out something personal about
this character and (gasp!) actually
care about him?
Apparently so, because this film,
while it could have been meaty, offers
only a sweet, sugar-coated humor,
with absolutely nothing to sink your
teeth into.
(kmiing previews, hut Hr. Jones’ dwindles with choppy, irritating st oryline
By Jacqueline Ayotte
The Battalion
"Mr. Jones"
Starring Richard Gere and Lena Olin
Directed by Mike Figgis
Rated R
Playing at Cinema III
Ironically, a preview for a film can
sometimes turn out to be more enjoy
able than the film itself. The previews
for "Mr. Jones" amazingly make the
film appear to be emotionally inspiring
and sexually dangerous, yet wonderful
ly romantic at the same time.
Unfortunately, the real 2-hour ver
sion of "Mr. Jones" doesn't quite add up
to the expectations of such beautifully
edited previews. Although the story of
a patient's struggle seems all-inspiring
at first, the scenes turn out to be choppy,
frustrating, and even pointless at times.
The story is about Mr. Jones (Richard
Gere), a euphoric, spontaneous, yet very
ill man. He's fighting with a disease he
fails to accept when an attractive, in-
Richard Gere and Lena Olin
triguing doctor comes into the picture.
Her name is Libbie, (Lena Olin) and she
is the only doctor who has faith in Jones.
It is their doctor-patient relationship,
friendship and unexpected romance
which molds the scenes together.
The scenes may be molded by Jones
and Libbie's unpredictable relationship,
but each time the viewer begins to react
to a certain character's feelings, the
scene falls flat. This becomes frustrat
ing, annoying and disappointing.
In one of the first scenes, Jones coura
geously balances pn the rpof of a tall
nouse, flapping his hands as if he could
fly. The viewer is left with riH explana
tion and no background. When the
strange scene ends abruptly and begins
with a new scene in a new setting, it be
comes aggravating. When such intense
scenes fall so flatly, it disappoints rather
than elates the viewer.
It's especially disappointing to see
Gere succeed at playing such a complex,
dramatic role when the film itself strug
gles to be more than mediocre. Olin
also succeeds at playing a very dedicat
ed, yet troubled doctor who is torn be
tween her heart's needs and her mind's
responsibilities. But her talent gradually
fades the as the film becomes choppier.
This film is deep and unpredictable.
But the fact that it's strange, slow and
choppy will make you think twice be
fore paying five bucks.
Maybe if you rent "Mr. Jones"
when it comes out on video, rewind
ing and fast-forwarding might help
make the film as good as those won
derful previews.
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